धर्मः moral merit, यदा similarly, अधर्मम् unrighteous, ग्रसते destroyed, कृतंयुगम् Krtam Yuga, अभूत् not exist, अधर्मः unrighteousness, धर्मम् righteousness, ग्रसते eclipses, तदा so also, तिष्यः end, प्रवर्तते commences.

"When moral merit destroys unrighteousness, it is called Krtayuga. So also, when virtue gets eclipsed by unrighteousness, it is called Kaliyuga."